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(No Model.)

' W. WAINWRIGHT.

SPRINKLER. v No. 357,799. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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Miran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WAIN WRIGHT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,799, dated February15, 1887.

Application filed April 26, 1886. Serial No. 200,215. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: The angle at which the stream meets the Beit known that LVVILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, plate or flange may be varied by theadjust- 4 5 of the city and county of San Francisco, State ment of thelatter. The limits of this adjustof California, have invented anImprovement ment are determinedby setting up the thumb- 5 in Sprinklers;andlhereby declare the follownut G against the lever or handle D,whereby ing to be a full, clear, and exact description 5 it is heldbetween said thumb-nut and the of the same. spring F. The greater theangle the finer the 50 Myinvention relates to the class of sprinkspray,and vice versa. The plate or flange C lers for hose-nozzles; and myinvention conmay have its angle varied rapidly by means sists in thecombination of devices,all of which of the thumb of the personoperatingit press- I shall hereinafter fully describe. ing upon thelower end of the lever orhandle The object of my invention is to providea while he is holding the nozzle, and it will be 5 simple and readilyadjustable sprinkler for seen that the plate or flange may be thushose-nozzles. thrown back at will out of the way, to permit The figurerepresents a side elevation of the unobstructed play of the stream.

a sprinkler embodying my improvement. Iam awarethattheplate or flangealone,when

A is a hose-nozzle, having the usual tip, a. secured to a nozzle-tip, isnot new as a sprink- B is a collar secured on the top or end of ler.Iain also aware that said plate has been the tip. pivotally secured inits position and capable 20 G is the sprinkling flange or plate. This isof adjustment, whereby its angle may be vamade of afan shape, and ispreferably slightly ried. I therefore do not claim such construcconcaveon the face which receives the impact tions, broadly, as my invention. 65 of the stream. The flange or plate is secured Having thus described myinvention, what to the end of the handle or lever D, which is I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Let 2 5 pivoted at (Z in the arms of thecollar B. The ters Patent, is-

lower end of the handle or lever is perforated An improved sprinkler,comprising the to receive a threaded stem or guide, E, securedcombination of the hose-nozzle having the tip to the nozzle tip, and aspring, F, bearing a, the collar B on said tip, the handle D, pivagainstits inner face, holds it outwardly on oted to said collar, having theplate or flange 0 said guide. Gsecurcd to its upper and a perforation inits G is a thumb-nut, which engages the outer lower end, a threaded stemor guide, E, passend of the guide E and bears against the outer ingthrough said perforation, a thumb-nut for face of the lever or handle D,whereby the adjusting said handle, and a spring, F, bearlatter may beforced in against the spring to ing against the inner face of saidhandle, all 5 any desired position. constructed and arranged to operateas herein A small stop, d, on the inner face of the described. handle isadapted to come in contact with the In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my 50 flange on the nozzle, whereby its inward movehand. ment islimited. ,7 T 7 40 The stream, emerging from the nozzle-tip, ILLIAM AILHIGH strikes the plate or flange Cat a suitable angle, XVitnesses: andis thereby broken up and spread out in S. H. NOURSE, the form of a sprayor sprinkle. J. H. BLOOD.

